Katie Carr

January 8, 2024, was a cold, ordinary Monday that will forever be known to me as my “live day.” This was the day I lived against a 0.04% chance of survival. My surgery was at 1:00pm, a robotic hysterectomy, needed for fibroid complications impacting my quality of life. (Sepsis and Surgery)

I closed my eyes at 1:00pm, just 8 days into the New Year. I spent 10 nights and 11 days in a coma. I was fighting to live. Incredibly, I had survived the second largest vein in the human body being critically injured during the initial incision beginning my hysterectomy; however, it would never reach the middle or the end.

When I opened my eyes on January 18th, 2024, my husband began to explain to me that because of the volume of blood I lost, the complications of blood clots, and the sepsis that was inevitable, my left leg, above the knee, was amputated (Sepsis and Amputations). I miraculously survived a horrific accident, but I was forever an amputee. The battle began January 8th. I have completed my 12th surgery, 8 months later, still surviving. Recently just received my prosthetic whom I’ve named “Leslie.” 🙂 I’m in the chapter of rehabilitation now. Sepsis continues to be what scares me the most. Any bacterial infection terrified me. If the kids get strep or if I get an UTI. It’s dangerous. It cost me my leg. It did not, however, take my mind. My faith got me through this and my friends, family, and community keep me focused on and inspired for the future. Create awareness for sepsis by educating those around you that make up your tribe.